1909–10 Southern Football League

The 1909–10 season was the 16th in the history of Southern Football League. Brighton & Hove Albion won Division One for the first time, Stoke and Hastings & St Leonards finished top of the Division Two groups, though they were not promoted to Division One.^[1] Stoke were the only club to apply for election to the Football League, but were unsuccessful.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One
Season	1909–10
Champions	Brighton & Hove Albion (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Croydon Common Reading
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1362 (2.95 per match)
← 1908–09 1910–11 →

A total of 22 teams contest the division, including 21 sides from previous season and one new team.

Team promoted from 1908-09 Division Two:

Croydon Common

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	23	13	6	69	28	2.46	59
2	Swindon Town	42	22	10	10	92	46	2	54
3	Queens Park Rangers	42	19	13	10	56	47	1.19	51
4	Northampton Town	42	22	4	16	90	44	2.05	48
5	Southampton	42	16	16	10	64	55	1.16	48
6	Portsmouth	42	20	7	15	70	63	1.11	47
7	Crystal Palace	42	20	6	16	69	50	1.38	46
8	Coventry City	42	19	8	15	71	60	1.18	46
9	West Ham United	42	15	15	12	69	56	1.23	45
10	Leyton	42	16	11	15	60	46	1.3	43
11	Plymouth Argyle	42	16	11	15	61	54	1.13	43
12	New Brompton	42	19	5	18	76	74	1.03	43
13	Bristol Rovers	42	16	10	16	37	48	0.77	42
14	Brentford	42	16	9	17	50	58	0.86	41
15	Luton Town	42	15	11	16	72	92	0.78	41
16	Millwall	42	15	7	20	45	59	0.76	37
17	Norwich City	42	13	9	20	59	78	0.75	35
18	Exeter City	42	14	6	22	60	69	0.86	34
19	Watford	42	10	13	19	51	76	0.67	33
20	Southend United	42	12	9	21	51	90	0.56	33
21	Croydon Common	42	13	5	24	52	96	0.54	31	Relegated to Division Two
22	Reading	42	7	10	25	38	73	0.52	24	Relegated to Division Two

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Division Two A

Southern Football League Division Two A
Season	1909–10
Champions	Stoke
Promoted	none
Relegated	Burton United (resigned)
Matches played	30
Goals scored	102 (3.4 per match)
← 1908–09 1910–11 →

All the clubs in the new Division Two A were new to the Southern League, except Salisbury City participated in league since 1906.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF¹	GA¹	GAv²	Pts³	Notes
1	Stoke	10	10	0	0	48	9	5.33	20
2	Ton Pentre	10	4	2	4	17	21	0.80	10
3	Merthyr Town	9	4	1	4	16	21	0.76	9
4	Salisbury City	8	2	1	5	7	18	0.39	5
5	Burton United	6	2	0	4	8	21	0.38	4	Left league at end of season
6	Aberdare	7	1	0	6	6	11	0.55	2

^{1 Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate.}

^{2 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{3 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Division Two B

Southern Football League Division Two B
Season	1909–10
Champions	Hastings & St Leonards
Promoted	none
Relegated	Hastings & St Leonards (resigned) Peterborough City (resigned) South Farnborough Athletic (resigned) Romford (resigned)
Matches played	30
Goals scored	133 (4.43 per match)
← 1908–09 1910–11 →

A total of six teams contest the division, including 3 sides from previous season Division Two and three new teams, all of them are newly elected teams.

Newly elected teams:

Kettering
Peterborough City
Romford

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF¹	GA¹	GAv²	Pts³	Notes
1	Hastings & St Leonards	9	6	3	0	26	11	2.36	15	Left league at end of season
2	Kettering	10	6	0	4	34	19	1.78	12
3	Chesham Town	10	5	2	3	25	25	1	12
4	Peterborough City	10	4	2	4	16	23	0.7	10	Left league at end of season
5	South Farnborough Athletic	10	4	1	5	23	19	1.21	9
6	Romford	9	0	0	9	7	33	0.21	0

^{1 Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate.}

^{2 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{3 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League elections

Stoke were the only Southern League club to apply for election to the Football League, but received only three votes.^[2]

Club	League	Votes
Birmingham	Football League	30
Huddersfield Town	Midland League	26
Grimsby Town	Football League	12
Chesterfield Town	Midland League	6
Stoke	Southern League	3
Hartlepools United	North Eastern League	2

References

Southern League

Premier Division	Bedworth United Bideford Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Histon Hitchin Town Hungerford Town Kettering Town King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Paulton Rovers Poole Town Redditch United Slough Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Arlesey Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St. Peter Egham Town Fleet Town Godalming Town Hanwell Town Kings Langley Leighton Town North Greenford United Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town St Ives Town Uxbridge Ware

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Banbury United Bashley Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Burnham Cinderford Town Didcot Town Evesham United Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United Marlow North Leigh Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

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